Academe

This topic area discusses:

• the characteristics, roles and status of women psychologists in academics settings

• critical incidents and decisions that may confront women in an academic setting

• suggestions and examples for publishers, authors, and instructors in order to help them advance psychology.

• Surviving and Thriving in Academia: A Guide for Women and Ethnic Minorities
  This guide discusses critical incidents and decisions that may confront women and ethnic minorities as they enter and progress through the academic pipeline. (1998).

• Toward an Inclusive Psychology: Infusing the Introductory Psychology Textbook With Diversity Contentopens in new window (PDF, 2.09 MB)
  This report by the Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology Task Force/Textbook Initiative Work Group Provides suggestions and examples for publishers, authors, and instructors in order to help them advance psychology as an inclusive science. (2003).

• Student Resources
  The financial aid directory, graduate faculty interested in the psychology of women and other resources for students.

• Women in Academe: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (PDF, 314KB)opens in new window
  This task force report explores the characteristics, roles and status of women psychologists working in academic settings and documents the continued need for improvement in women's standing in academic institutions. (2000).